Need To Access My Old Printer


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Hi people. I have an older HP laser printer that still works great. It is a LaserJet 5L. The thing is, it ONLY has

a Parallel port printer cord input. I would like to use this at work with my Laptop but that computer ONLY has

USB ports. I am NOT able to hook my laptop into the company network so if I want to print, I have to have my

own stand-alone printer. I would love to be able to print to this HP because it works great and it's relatively

cheap to operate but I have no clue of how I could access it from my laptop.

Does anybody make some kind of USB to Parallel cable adapter? I have never seen one. Anybody got any ideas?

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is it an option to connect it to a pc with a parallel port then use printer sharing?

No---they are paranoid about letting people access their network

with personal laptops. I can't get on with my laptop so if I want to

be able to print, I have to have a stand-alone printer and I really

don't want to go and buy one when I have this one just sitting there.

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Hey, bobby----I followed a link from the page you linked me to and found an

adapter cord that will do the job just fine. Thanks for all the help.

This board has the greatest helpers I have found anywhere!!

jim

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